Tag attaching stapling machine



March 8, 1960 1-1. RUSKIN TAG ATTACHING STAPLING MACHINE 6 Sheets-Sheet 1' Filed July 9, 1957 ATTORNEY March 8, 1960 H. RUSKIN TAG ATTACHING STAPLING MACHINE 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed July 9, 1957 r P w M k m 5 K 4 F m MI, w z W W A :1 a M 0 nn 6 i H xx [/d/ u w F- f r a w i mi #3 I 2 Am M6 u WW w a 41 M March 8, 1960 H. RUSKIN 2,927,323

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A TTOIPNE Y March 8, 1960 H. RUSKIN TAG ATTACHING STAPLING MACHINE' 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed July 9, 1957 INVENTOR. fi/[NRY RUSK/N f7 TTOR/VE Y United States Patent Oifitice 2,927,323 Patented Mar. 8, 1930 TAG AI'IACHING STAPLING MACHINE Henry Ruskin, Bayside, N.Y., assignor to Swingline, Inc, Long Island City, N.Y., a corporation of New York Application July 9, 1957, Serial No. 670,723

9 Claims. (Cl. 1-3) My invention relates to electric stapling machine's adapted to quickly attach an indicia carrying label or tag to identify a garment or laundry prior to processing of the latter. More particularly, the invention is directed to a tag or label attaching electric stapling machine of the type having a swingable staple containing arm including normally raised staple ejecting depressible plunger means adapted to be operated by a pivoted and slidable motion transmitter responsive to the operation of a normally dropped armature of a solenoid arranged in a normally open electrical circuit. One dominant object of the invention is realized in the provision of an electric stapling machine of the character referred to having swingable means normally arranged forwardly of and out of the way of the magazine of the staple containing arm and constituting a switch carrier having an accessible anvil normally out of operative alinement with the magazine but manually shiftable towards and under the magazine upon displacement of control means attached to the switch carrier to deploy the anvil in operative alinement with the magazine. Another significant object has to do with provision of adjustable means for automatically arranging the anvil of the switch carrier in operative alinement with the magazine. A further object is realized in the provision of tiltable and resilient control means adapted to be rocked and flexed towards the switch carrier pursuant to automatic positioning of the anvil in operative alinement with the magazine for closing the switch of the switch carrier to establish the electrical circuit and energize the solenoid whereby the motion transmitter is oscillated to operate the depressible plunger means for driving and ejecting the foremost staple in the magazine towards and against the operatively alined anvil. Another object resides in swingably supporting the switch carrier from a depending leg of a channel shaped base having a seat supporting a casing at least in part swingably sustaining the staple containing arm. A further object is to utilize the switch carrier to appropriately support tag or label clamping means characterized by a pair of companion and closely superimposed loops surrounding and substantially at the level of the anvil of the switch carrier whereby the front part of the label is adapted to be conveniently inserted between the companion loops to be subsequently removably grasped thereby and disposed adjacent to and against the clinching face of the anvil and whereby the rear part of the tag or label extends rear- .wardly and beyond the anvil to momentarily overhang the latter. Another important object is to provide a U shaped guard spaced from and adapted to receive the depressible magazine and extending forwardly of and carried by the casing and adapted to support the rear end of the tag or label and adapted to constitute means for auto matically folding the rear part of the tag over the clasped front part thereof to instantly close the latter and complete the electrical circuit however after the swingable switch carrier has been swung to its predetermined position for automatically locating the anvil in operative alinemeat with the magazine. Anothersalient object is 'conv cerned with a switch holder or mount removably fastened to the swingable carrier and having garment supporting means at the rear and spaced laterally of the anvil of the switch carrier and including means for locating or positioning the garment on the clasped tag. Other salient objects, functional and structural aspects of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed specification considered in the light of the accompanying drawings wherein:- 1

Fig. l is a perspective view of the tag or lab e'lat-taclring stapling machine according to my invention, illustrating the swingable switch carrier in its normal position but out of alinement with the magazine of the depressible staple containing arm.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of Fig. 1 on a larger scale, partly broken away and partly in section arid depicting a portion of a garment to be identified placed on the front part of a label or tag removably clasped to and against the clinching face of the anvil of the switch carrier, the rear part of the tag being also shown having its rear part lifted to lie against a forwardly extending fixed guard constituting means for automatically folding the rear part of the tag against the garment when the swingable carrier is shifted under the magazine.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary and enlarged view of Fig. 2 on a larger scale, exhibiting the staple containing arm in section and further showing the switch within the carrier still open and the carrier shifted in alinement under the magazine at which time the tag has been automatically folded over the clasped garment.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view similar to Fig. 3 but more complete than the latter and showing the manipulator or switch closing means of the swingable carrier shifted to close the normally opened switch whereby the plunger means of the staple containing arm is auto matically depressed for stapling or clinching the folded tag to the garments Fig. 4A is an enlarged fragmentary view of Fig. 4.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged front view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5A is an enlarged sectional view on the line 5A 5A of Fig. 5.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of Fig. 5.

Fig. 6A is a transverse sectional view on the line 6A-- 6A of Fig. 6.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged rear view of the label attaching machine shown in Fig. 1, exhibiting the bent channel shaped base serving as a shoe to support the casing pivotally sustaining the staple containing arm.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the switch carrier shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a rear view of the switch carrier taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 3, illustrating also the label clasp secured to a holder fastened to the swingable carrier for proper positioning the garment on an indicia bearing ta". Fig. 10 is a transverse sectional view on the line 10-10 of Fig. 3. Fig. 11 is a sectional view on the line 11-11 of Fig. 3. Fig. 12 is a sectional view on the line 1212 of Fig. 4. Fig. 13 is a sectional view on the bent line 13-43 of Fig. 2. :1. Fig. 14 is an enlarged and exploded view of the label or tag clamp and its retaining cup and screw for holding bottom yoke of the clasp against the switch holder of the swingable carrier.

Fig. 15 is a top plan view of the bent base or shoe.

Fig. 16 and Fig. 17 are transverse'sectional' views of the base, taken on the line 16- 16, and 17--17 of Fi g. 15, and depicting the fastening screws adapted to'b'e threaded therein. f 'Fig. 18 is a schematic view, showing the electrical $6195 channel shaped 3 V noid circuit containing a normally open micro switch secured to the switch holder.

Fig. 19 is a fragmentary viewsimilar to Fig. 2 but illustrating the motion transmitter or intervenor unlocked from thestaplecontaining arm and specifically from the cap of the plunger means thereof to permit the cap to be swung away from the magazine. v Fig. 20 is a perspective view illustrating the staple containing a-r-m open, that is, with the plunger means thereof swung away from the magazine to permit staple loading of the latter. l i

Fig. 21 is a-perspective view of the slidable and swingable be m or motion transmitter'and the swingable solenoid connected thereto,

Fig.- 22 is a p rspective view of the switch h d r or mount- :Fig. 23 is a sectional view on the line 23-23 of Fig. 3 Fig. 24 is a sectional view on the line 2424 of Fig. 3. Fig. 25 is a sectional view on the line 25. 25 of Fig. 5. Fig, 26 is a fragmentary perspective view of the switch carrier, illustrating 'the complementary and inwardly turned and coined lugs constituting the anvil.

Fig. 27 is a fragmentary elevational view of the sheet metal blank out of which the switch carrier is formed.

Fig. 28 is a fragmentary perspective view of the switch carrier folded from the blank illustrated in Fig.7 but as yet not coined to form the clinching'faces of the anvil.

Fig. 29 and Fig. 30 are longitudinal and transverse sectional views on the lines 29. 29 and 3 030 respectively of Fig. 25. e

I Fig. 31 is a perspective View of the keepenshown on a smaller scale, and i I Fig. 32 is a sectional view on the line 32-32 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, the electric stapling machine generally designated SM (Fig. 1) comprises a; hollow one piece metal casting defining casing or support C including spaced checks 10 (Figs. 5, 5A and 6) merged with rearwardly disposed housing or hood 11. This stapling ma.- chineSM is also characterized by a swingable arm SA embodying staple containing magazine MI and the normally raised plunger means including cap CP carrying driving blade DB (Figs. 3, 4 and 20) for ejecting foremost staple S out of magazine M. Magazine M and cap 6? are appropriately pivoted on fulcrum pin 13 effectively held across gap 14 formed by spaced cheeks (Figs. 5 and 6) of casing C. CapCP may be swung relative to magazine M (Fig. 20) to open or close the latter (Fig. 20). When closed, cap CP and magazine M are removably interlocked. Offset leaf spring 15 carried by magazine M cooperates with forwardly disposed fulcrum pin 16 to hold swingable arm SA normally elevated.

Front fulcrum pin 16 (Figs. 6 and 21) likewise is effectively retained across gap 14 (Fig. 6) and passes through spaced elongated and alined slots 17 (Figs. 2 and 21) in spaced jaws 18 of tiltable beam or motion transmitter MT for pivotally and slidably guiding the latter. Jaws 18 are interrupted to provide alined notches 19 (Figs. 13 and 21) for removably engaging spaced fixed pins 20 carried by and inwardly overhanging spaced sides 21 of cap CP.

Slidable and swingable beam MT carries fulcrum pin 22 (Fig. 21) to which the lower part of a normally dropped armature AR of solenoid SD is desirably pivoted. Armature AR is slidably guided by laminated metal frame 'FR of solenoid SD- Frame FR carries coil CL having connected to inlet and outlet conducting wires L and LD (Figs. 2 and 18). l

Fulcrum pin 12 carried by hood 11 eccentrically and pivotally sustains solenoid SD. Leaf spring 24 cooperates with frame FR to urge beam MT forwardly, thus perm-it ting spaced jaws 18 to be normally interlocked (Fig. 2) with inwardly overhanging spaced pins 20 of cap CP, hence holding cap .CP closed over magazine To unlock cap CF, slidably guided manipulator 25 is depressed,

thereby sw g ng soleno d D o te loekw s t i sagainst energy of spring 24 and armature AR pulls against fulcrum pin 22 to bodily shift tiltable beam or intervenor MT rearwardly (Fig. 19), thus disengaging jaws 18 from spaced pins 20 of discngageable cap CP which now may be opened as shown in Fig. 20.

Swingable staple containing arm SA, motion transmitter or beam MT and the eccentrically mounted solenoid SD, are of the type disclosed in joint patent "application of Charles H. Werner and Charles F. Heepe directed to an I Electric StaplingMachine, S.N. 654,350, filed April 22, 1957, and consequently have been just generally set out for introductory purposes. The herein casing C, however, does not integrally'carry an anvil supporting member as disclosed by said patent application but instead'it is mounted on a sheet metal and sturdy channel shaped base or shoe generally designated CB comprising horizontal seat 30 and depending leg 31. Seat 30 includes upstanding and spaced flanges 32 merging with the downwardly contracting spaced flanges 33 integral with depending leg 31, flanges 33 terminating in parallel cars 34 (Figs. 5, 7, 11 and 15) appropriately carrying fulcrum pin 35 (Fig. 11) traversing and pivotally sustaining spaced sides 36 which are merged with front wall or bridge 37 of the channel shaped swingable switch carrier SC nested between spaced cars 34 of base CB.

Biased relative to switch carrier SC but having its diverged and olfsetterminals 38 fixedly fastened by belts 3 t ng s 3,3 o d p ndi g 1 s the .U-shape yoke Y having its parallel sides 40 closely straddling spaced sides 36 of switch carrier SC, for swingably guiding the latter towards or away from staple containing arm SA.

Torsion spring 41 (Fig. 2) coiled about fulcrum pin 35 has its free terminals 42 and 43 respectively abutting front wall or web 37 of switch carrier SC and depending leg 31 of the bent base or shoe SB, thus normally urging and holding web 37 of carrier SC against web 44 inter.- connecting arms 40 of yoke Y, thereby normally and automatically arranging fixed clinching anvil A accessible at the upper part of switch carrier SC forwardly and clear of and to be out of alinement with staple containing arm SA. In other words yoke Y also serves as a stop adapted to limit swingable displacement of switch carried SC away from arm SA and away from the fixed U-sh-aped metal guard or rail G having its spaced limbs 45 suitably anchored in forwardly converging and spaced openings 46 (Fig. 5A) interrupting spaced cheeks liland in openings 47 of transversely alined depending bosses 48 within and integral with checks 10, bos'ses 48 having alined grooves 49 (Figs. 4 and 6) for receiving and positioning front fulcrum pin 16. Limbs 45 of fixed guard G are adapted to widely straddle spaced sides 50 of magazine M when arm SA is pivotally depressed. Bridge or brace 51 interconnecting the front ends of'limbs 45 is always spaced from and in advance of the front end of magazine M.

Elfectively mounted on holder H and appropriately insulated therefrom is a normally open conventional micro 'switch (Fig. 18) having swingable spring controlled blade SB carrying contact 52 spaced from contact 53 'of fixed metal bracket B electrically connected to outlet wire LD. Switch MC also includes thepivoted element 54 for shifting blade SB to engage contact 52 against contact 53 to close the switch when pointed knob K fixed on element 54 is, displaced in a direction towards blade SB, thus completing an operative electrical circuit, permitting current flow through blade SB to fixed metal bracket BB elecrically connected to return wire RW which together supply wire L are appropriately connected to socket 55 adapted to be inserted across a source of electrical potential. i I 7 Switch holder H in fact characterizes a metal plate comprising an expanded upper part E (Figs. 9 and 12) having depending reduced part 56. Appropriately struck out from expanded part F. are the forwardly extending outwardly diverging lugs 57 adapted to be closely received between sides 36 of switch carrier SC. Lugs 57 together with tongue 58 cooperate with spaced sides 36 to automatically position holder H against lateral displacement and this location is maintained by screw 59 threaded into nut 69 welded to front wall or web 37 of switch carrier SC. Tongue 58 is also provided with relief opening 61 (Figs. 2 and 4) through which wire LD and RW (Fig. 2) are conveniently threaded.

Clasping means broadly denoted CM (Fig. 14) surround anvil A and comprises the superimposed and normally engaging upper and lower metal wire loops 63 and 64 (Figs. 8, 9 and 14) adapted to removably and effectively clasp tag or label T. Normally upper loop 63 is approximately at the level of the top clinching faces 65 of anvil A (Figs. 4A and 8) while lower loop 64 is disposed below clinching faces 65. Loop 63 overhangs lower loop 64 and these loops merge with the spaced limbs 66 of the U-shaped yoke 67 receiving and straddling threaded shank of screw 59. Yoke 67 is adapted to be received within flange 68 of retaining cup 69 which includes opening 70 for receiving screw 59 threadably associated with fixed nut 6%. Flange 68 is interrupted to provide relief gap 71 (Fig. 14) to permit reception of yoke 67 against clamping wall 72 of cup 63. Retaining cup 69 when forced by screw 59 clamps yoke 67 and its limbs 66 firmly against rear face of holder H, thereby adequately sustaining superimposed loops 63 and 64 about anvil A as shown.

Tag or label T shown in dash dot lines in Fig. 8 carries suitable garment identifying indicia (not shown). The front part FP of tag T is first placed under overhanging but liftable loop 63 and thereafter threaded between loops 63 and 64 to closely overlie, clinching faces 65 of anvil A. Consequently, juxtapositioned branches 74 and 75 of loops 63 and 64 properly clasp front part FF and the rear part RP of label T is now arranged to extend between and beyond the spaced rearwardly extending seats or shoulders 76 integral with and extending rearwardly of expanded part E of positioning device H which embodies spaced upstanding fingers 77 integral with shoulders 76 and constituting stop means for garment fold GF (Fig. 4A) after positioning the latter on tag T (Fig. 2) and after the rear part RP of tag T is lifted to bear against brace 51 of guard G.

Associated with switch carrier SC is the sheet metal switch closing means in the form of a sturdy actuator or manipulator 81) having its lower terminal 81 (Figs. 3 and 5) indented or coined to provide boss 82 having inside rectilinear faces 83 substantially tangential and engaging outside convex bearing face 84 of front wall 37 of hollow switch carrier SC. Screw 85 cooperates with prongs 86 of conventional spring or speed nut 87 to firmly clamp rectilinear face 83 against convex bearing face 84. By such action upper part 88 of spring actuator 89 appreciably diverges away from front wall 37 of switch carrier SC (Fig. 2) thus intrinsically spacing knob K of micro switch MS (Fig. 2) away from actuator 80. At any rate, such divergence is restricted by spaced ears 89 (Fig. of spaced sides 90 integral with and extending rearwardly from upper part 88 of actuator 80, that is spaced cars 89 cooperate with switch holder H to limit divergence of resilient actuator 80 away from switch carrier SC. Convex face 84 of front wall 37 and rectilinear face 83 of boss 82 (Fig. 3) when clamped together by screw 85 and speed nut 87 also characterize a slight rocking and elastic connection normally resisting displacement of actuator 80 relative to switch carrier SC proportional to the clamping pressure exerted by spaced prongs 86 of nut 87.

Overhanging and merging with upper part 88 of control lever or actuator 80 are the arcuate and overhanging wings 91. Fastened to upper part 88 and wings 91 by rivets 82 is the plastic arcuate strap ST adapter to carry suitable indicia (not shown).

Yoke Y swingably guides switch carrier SC and brace 44 thereof constitutes a stop limiting its displacement.

away from fixed guard G while adjustable shank 95 coacts with inside convex face 95A of front wall 37 (Fig. 3) to limit displacement of switch carrier SC under magazine M at which time driving blade DB of the depressible plunger means CP is automatically disposed in operative alinement with clinching faces 65 of anvil A. Shank 95 is threadably associated with nut 96 welded to bridge 97 of anchored U-shaped member 98 (Fig. 11) which has its spaced sides 99 secured by bolts 100 to inside faces of sides 49 of yoke Y.

During assembly and after solenoid SD is eccentrically mounted within hood 11 the casing C is turned with its bottom open face up, thus exposing its transversely alined depending bosses 48 (Figs. 4 and 16) which include alined grooves 49; also exposing its transversely alined bosses provided with alined grooves 111; and additionally exposing depending bosses 112 (Fig. 32) provided with threaded bores 113 schematically shown. Swingable arm SA is then threaded intocasing C to arrange the free ends of fulcrum pin 13 (Fig. 20) carried thereby in alined grooves 111 of bosses 110 (Fig. 6) after which spaced jaws 18 of motion transmitter or beam.MT are inserted between spaced sides of cap CP and spaced sides of magazine M for positioning the free ends of fulcrum pin 16 in alined grooves 49 of spaced bosses 48 after which swingable armature AR of motion transmitter MT is threaded into solenoid frame FR.

Subsequently flanges 114 (Figs. 4 and 31) of keeper KP are first clamped against spaced bosses 112 by screws 115 thus effectively holding the ends of fulcrum pin 13 tightly clamped within alined grooves 111 of spaced bosses 110. By such action fulcrum pin 16 previously threaded through spaced jaws 18 is held positioned within alined grooves 49 of bosses 48 by spaced flanges 116 of keeper KP. Thereafter seat 30 of channel shaped base CB is positioned over the bottom open face of casing C whereby sides 32 of base CB closely straddle the sides of casing C (Figs. land 13). Protuberance, deteut or bump 117, struck out of seat 30 however cooperates with bottom wall 118 of keeper KP to maintain flanges 116 of keeper KP against the ends of fulcrum pin 16 for positively holding such ends in alined grooves 49 of bosses 48.

Shanks of spaced screws 119 (Figs. 13 and 17) extend through appropriate openings 129A (Fig. 31) of flange 116 of keeper KP and through appropriate openings in seat 30 (Fig. 17) to be threadably received within cooperating bores 1211 (Fig. 13) for clamping flanges 116 contiguous to spaced bosses 48 thereby effectively and positively clamping fulcrum pin 16 in spaced bosses 48. Spaced screws 121 inserted into seat 30 (Figs. 16, 2 and 4) cooperate with bosses as 122 of casing C to positively hold rear part of base CB firmly against casing C which includes spaced and hollow ears 123 adapted to receive screws as 124 for adequately clamping against displacement seat 38 of base CB against top surface of the supporting work table WT.

Specifically referring to Figs. 26 to 30 in connection with the hollow switch carrier SC according to my invention, the partially formed blank (Fig. 27) is provided with overhanging lip 131 spaced from and below the elevation of spaced ears 132. Partially formed blank 131) is then stamped to take the form illustratedin Fig. 28 wherein ears 132 integral with spaced sides 36 are substantially juxtapositioned and superimposed over and against overhanging lip 131 extending from wall 37. Subsequently, the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 28 is coined, that is, stamped to take the form exhibited in Figs. 29 and 30 to characterize companion depressed clinching faces 65 of anvil A. During the coining operation, undulatory surfaces 133 and 134 are also formed in bottom. faces of cars 132 and on top face of overhanging lip 131 to constitute cooperative complementary interlocking ribs and grooves effectively anchoring ears 132 against dis- Operation "In Figs. 1 and 2 swingable carrier SC is against brace or bridge 44 of yoke Y. Finger pressure on the part of the operator against strap ST will urge actuator or spring control lever 80 to move towards depending leg 31 of channel shaped base'CB. By such action the resistance offered by the spring nut 87 and rocking connection previously described is still not overcome and consequently, finger pressure applied to strap ST to push control lever 80 in a direction towards switch carrier SC, also bodily and automatically shifts switch carrier SC under magazine M, ultimately causing rear surface 95A of carrier SC to' strike the stop formed by threaded stud 95, thus automatically lining up driver blade DB with clinching faces 65 of anvil A. However, before finger pressure is applied to spring control lever 80, tag T is loaded in wire clamp CM whereby its front part FF is clasped between branches 74 and 75 to lie against the clinching anvil faces 65 as shown in Figs. 2 and 8 although rear part RP of tag T is lifted to bear against bridge 51 (Fig. 2) of fixed guard G. Thereafter garment fold GF is mounted on the clasped front part FP of tag T and positioned against the spaced stop fingers 77. Now at this time finger pressure is applied to lever 80 to swing switch carrier SC under guard G and automatically arrange clinching faces 65 in alinement with driving blade DB (Fig. 2). As carrier SC moves towards base CB, bridge 51 automatically folds rear part RP of tag T closely over garment fold GF. Although anvil A is now set to effectively cooperate with driving blade DB, and tag T has been adequately folded as'desired, control lever 80 as yet has not reached knob K (Fig.2) for operating micro switch MS and therefore knob K still overhangs front wall 37 of switch carrier SC (Figs. 2 and 3). a 7

Relief gap 102 (Figs. 1, 8, 9 and 22) defined by spaced seats 76 and stop fingers 77 of holder H is adapted to receive guard G and the lower part of magazine M when carrier SC is swung under guard G, or in other words,

spaced fingers 77 are adapted to removably straddle spaced limbs 45 of guard G on swinging switch carrier SC towards and against screw 95 which is firmly held in set position by helical spring 103 abutting bridge 97' and enlarged slotted head 104 which is adapted to be turned for adjusting screw 95 for automatically alining anvil A with blade DB as desired, of course when inside face 95A of carrier SC strikes screw 95. V

' Coming back to Fig. 3 wherein switch MS is still open, and driving blade DB of the depressible arm SA is still in its normally raised position but in operative alinement with anvil A, at this time the operator continues to exert finger pressure on control lever 80 to overcome the clamping pressure exerted on set screw 85 by the arcuate prongs 86 of the arcuate sheet metal spring nut 87, thus causing pivoted control lever 80 to rock or tilt slightly relative to convex fulcrum face 84 of arcuate front wall 37 and then subsequently flex relative to terminal 81and 7 towards wall 37 of switch carrier SC (Fig. 4), ultimately contacting and shifting knob K rearwardly, causing switch within guard G. After tag .T has been fastened to identify the garment or laundry, the operator removes finger pressure formerly against control lever 80. Instantly the following events take place automatically and sub stantially simultaneously: one, upper part 88 of spring actuator 80 reflexes, that is, resiliently retracts moving outwardly and away from knob K of switch MS, thus the resiliently controlled blade SB immediately snaps to its normal open position, breaking the electrical circuit; two, switch carrier SC, due to action of torsion spring 41 and terminals 42 and 43 thereof, moves automatically forwardly from under and away from guard and tag folding means G and strikes stop bridge 44 of the biased anchored yoke Y; and three, armature AR drops causing jaws 18 to be tilted upwardly, hence elevating the plunger means defined by cap CP and driving blade DB. This action is aided by the cantilever leaf spring LS (Figs. 3 and 4) and at'this time offset spring 15 also reflexes from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the position illustrated in Fig. 2, thereby lifting magazine M to its normal elevated position. i

With switch carrier SC restored to its normal position illustrated in Fig. 2 from its previous position illustrated in Fig. 4, the bottompart FP of the tag T (-Fig. 4A) although now secured to the garment fold' GF is still clasped between branches 74 and 75 ofthe superimposed resilient wire loops 63 and 64. To disengage the secured tag T from loops 63 and 64 (Fig. 4A), this tag now folded and secured to the garment is grasped and pulled through relief gap 102 (Figs. 1 and 8) in the direction indicated by the arrow shown in Fig. 4A, thereby removing lower part FP of the folded tag from between clasping branches 74 and 75. In this way the tagged garment is released from loops 63 and 64 and removed from anvil A and instantly thereafter upper branch 74 resiliently retracts to engage lower branch75.

.Various changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof inherent therein.

I claim: 1

1. In a tag applying stapling machine including an arm sw-ingable relative to a casing and provided with a staple magazine and depressible means adapted to'eject a staple from said magazine; the combination of a casing, a base comprising a support for said casing, a carrier carried by said base having an anvil and swingable relablade SD (Figs. 4 and 18) to snap forwardly, permitting contact 52 thereof to engage contact 53. The electrical circuit containing solenoid SD is thus closed whereby armature AR is elevated tilting rear end of motion transmitter MT upwardly and its spaced jaws 20 of cap CP downwardly thereby shifting blade DB through its down or driving stroke for expelling the' foremost staple out of magazine M, through folded tag T and garment fold GF and against the clinching faces of anvil A, for

effectively stapling, that is, fastening the folded tag to the garment which perhaps may be laundry. In other words, swingable arm SA is pivotally depressed against resistance of offset leaf spring 15 about fulcrum pin 13 to permit magazine M thereof to be removably received tive' to said base under or away from said magazine, clasping means on said carrier for removably clasping the front part of a tag across and contiguous to said anvil, and folding means carried by said casing disposed in advance of said magazine for holding the rear part of said tag lifted relative to said clasped front part and effective on swingable displacement of said carrier under said magazine for automatically orienting said rear part superimposed over said front part.

2. In a stapling machine for applying an indicia carry ing tag to a garment and including an arm swingable relative to a casing and provided with a staple magazine and depressible means adapted to' eject a staple form said magazine; the combination of a casing, a base comprising a support for said casing and having depending means, a carrier carried by said base having an anvil and sw ingable relative to said base under or away from said magazine, clasping means on said carri r for removably clasping the front part of a tag across and contiguous to said anvil, a positioning device secured to said carrier over said garment, and adjustable means on said base for limiting swingable displacement of said carrier under said magazine for automatically and operatively alining said anvil with said depressible means.

3. In a stapling machine for applying an indicia carrying tag to a garment and including an arm swingable relative to a casing and provided with a staple magazine and depressible means adapted to eject a staple from said magazine; the combination of and in operative relationship with one another, a casing, a base comprising a support for said casing and having depending means, a carrier pivoted to said depending means and having an anvil bodily swingable with said carrier and adapted to be shifted away from or under said magazine, clasping means upon said carrier for removably clasping the front part of said tag across and contiguous to said anvil, a positioning device secured to said carrier and having means to locate said garment over said clasped front part of said tag, folding means carried by said casing disposed in advance of said magazine for holding the rear part of said tag lifted relative to said clasped front part and efliective on swingable displacement of said carrier under said magazine for automatically orienting said rear part over said garment, adjustable means on said base for limiting swingable displacement of said carrier under said magazine 'for automatically and operatively alining said aLvil with said depressible means, and means to limit swingable displacement of said carrier from under said magazine and away from said base.

4. In a stapling machine for applying an indicia carrying tag to a garment and including an arm swingable relative to a casing and provided with a staple magazine and depressible means adapted to eject a staple from said magazine and adapted to be operated by motion transmitting means actuated by an armature of a solenoid disposed in an electrical circuit adapted to be closed by a normally open switch; the combination of a casing, a base comprising a support for said casing, a carrier carried by said base having an anvil and swingable relative to said base under or away from said magazine, clasping means upon said casing for removably clasping the front part of said tag across and contiguous to said anvil, a positioning device carrying said switch and secured to said carrier and having spaced means to locate said garment over said front clasped part, folding means carried by said casing disposed in advance o said magazine for holding the rear part of said tag lifted relative to said clasped front part of said tag, and effective on swingable displacement of said carrier under said magazine for automatically orienting said rear part of said tag, superimposed over said garment, stop means on said base to automatically aline said carrier and magazine on swingable displacement of said carrier under said magazine, and a control lever mounted on said carrier for closing said switch to establish said circuit.

5. In a stapling machine for applying an indicia carrying tag to a garment and including an arm swingable relative to a casing and provided with a staple magazine and depressible means adapted to eject a staple from said magazine and adapted to be operated by motion transmitting means actuated by an armature of a solenoid disposed in an electrical circuit adapted to be closed by a normally open switch; the combination of a casing, a base comprising a support for said casing, a carrier carried by said base having an anvil and swingable relative to said base under or away from said magazine, clasping means upon said carrier for removably clasping the front part of said tag across and contiguous to said anvil, a positioning device having spaced means for locating said garment over said front clasped part and carrying said switch and secured to said carrier, a U-shaped guard secured to said casing and movably receiving and straddling said magazine and in part in advance of said magazine for holding the rear part of said tag lifted relative to said clasped front part and effective on swingable displacement of said carrier under said magazine for automatically orienting said rear part superimposed over said garment, stop means on said base to automatically aline said carrier and magazine on swingable displacement of said carrier under said magazine, and tiltable control means for closing said switch to establish said circuit.

6. In a stapling machine for applying an indicia carrying tag to a garment and including an arm swingable relative to a casing and provided with a staple magazine and depressible means adapted to eject a staple from said magazine and adapted to be operated by motion transmitting means actuated by an armature of a solenoid disposed in an electrical circuit adapted to be closed by a normally open switch; the combination of a casing, 21 channel shaped base comprising a support for said casing and a depending leg, a hollow carrier carried by said base having an upper part including an anvil and having a lower part pivoted to the lower part of said base and 'swingably displaceable under or away from said magazine, clasping means upon said carrier for removably :lasping the front part of said tag across and contiguous to said anvil, a positioning device secured to said carrier for locating said garment and carrying said switch, folding means carried by said casing disposed in advance of said magazine for holding the rear part of said tag lifted relative to said clasped front part and effective on swingable displacement of said carrier under said magazine for automatically orienting said rear part superimposed over said garment, a yoke swingably receiving said carrier and secured to said base, adjustable stop means sustained by said yoke and cooperating with said carrier to auto matically aline said carrier and magazine on swingable displacement of said carrier under said magazine, a resilient control lever upon said carrier for closing said switch to establish said circuit, spring means for normally urging said carrier away from said magazine and against said yoke, and means to limit displacement of said leveraway from said carrier.

7. In a tag attaching mechanism for use with a stapling machine the improvement which comprises, a casing having spaced bosses, a keeper having spaced flanges, a base having a seat for supporting said casing and including detent means coactin" with said keeper to hold said flanges contiguous to said bosses, and clasping means cooperating with said base and receivable in said bosses for maintaining said flanges contiguous to said bosses.

8. In a tag attaching mechanism for use with a stapling machine the improvement which comprises, a casing having spaced bosses, a keeper having spaced flanges, a base having a seat for supporting said casing and including a bump projecting towards said casing and coacting with said keeper to hold said flanges contiguous to said bosses, and threaded clasping means extending through and cooperating with said base and threadably receivable in said bosses for maintaining said flanges contiguous to said bosses.

9. A tag attaching mechanism for an electrically driven stapling machine comprising a base adapted to support said stapling machine and having a depending leg, a swingable carrier. having an anvil at the upper part thereof and pivotally secured to the depending leg of said base adjacent the terminal portion thereof, stop means upon said carrier to limit the movement thereof, actuating means upon said carrier and normally open switch means operatively connected to said actuating means said switch means being closed by pivotal movement of said carrier.

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